Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,399.44 points on Friday, falling 0.15% or 2.08 points from the previous close.
At Thursday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was up 1.13% at 1,401.52 points, with a daily trading volume of 11.7 billion Turkish liras ($1.43 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 8.2300 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Friday, up from 8.2220 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also increased to 9.9700 from 9.9680, while one British pound traded for 11.4700 Turkish liras, down from 11.5050 at Thursday’s close.